The Councilor for the Quality of Life area, Francisco Calderón, met this morning with the head of Rural Development of the Society for the Development of Coastal Societies (Soldecocos), Natalia Martín.
The reason for the event, which has been developed in the administrative building of San Miguel, and which involved municipal technicians in the area of ​​Environment, has been the presentation to the municipal government of the project 'Ethnicatura bética', an initiative that is developed In natural spaces of Granada, Balearic Islands and the Region.
All of them, united by the Betic Cordilleras and the spaces of the Natura 2000 Network.
'Ethnicatura bética' puts the accent on promoting the strengthening of rural society through the valorization of its features of identity and potentialities.
In our area of ​​influence, the project is developed in the protected natural space of Sierra de la Muela, Cabo Tiñoso and Roldán, belonging to the municipal term of Cartagena.
Throughout the meeting, Francisco Calderón expressed the intention of the Consistory to join the project, showing the municipal support for an initiative, which is still in the initial phase, but which seeks the sustainable development of an area of ​​the municipality that enjoys An unquestionable natural wealth.
After the event, Natalia Martín explained the objective of a project that, through the development of a computer application, "to value and make visible the natural and cultural heritage of the area."
In this way, the society and agents who live there transcend towards a process of empowerment to "develop a type of tourism based on traditional knowledge and knowledge."
In this way, it is committed to the "valuation of an intangible heritage that can be lost".
Martín has gathered the support of the City Council, highlighting "the good reception" that has had the idea, while announcing new meetings as "the project is being developed, to collaborate and take actions together."
Objective of bética ethnatura.
The approach taken by 'Soldecocos' focuses on the empowerment of rural society, as well as on facilitating the visibility of the functions and resources on which space managers operate in the Natura 2000 network. At the same time, The fluidity of the local dialogue and the exchange of experiences between the spaces involved.
A scenario that attempts to achieve with the materialization of various activities.
On the one hand, through an audioguide that reveals the intangible heritage of these spaces, as well as the rural development activities likely to occur there.
In addition, the execution of a traveling photographic exhibition, including the testimonies collected in the collection of information for the said computer application, is shuffled.
The proposal of 'Soldecocos' also contemplates the realization of thematic workshops and exchange of experiences.
Also, the dissemination of informative campaigns directed to the involved social agents and visitors of the spaces Red Natura 2000.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena